Dad was a Genius - Chapter 27
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My Dad Was a Genius Episode 027
[Emergency, Cheonan!]
[Proud Taesan Cheonan. Towards the 10 consecutive wins!]
[Cheonan doesn’t know defeat!]
Banners hung all over downtown Cheonan.
In addition, local broadcasting stations advertised the match between Cheonan and Ulsan whenever they had the chance.
The two teams’ managers have already captured people’s attention by leaving aggressive interviews toward each other, and both teams are on the verge of setting new records, so it’s enough to be a hot topic.
In particular, there were players who received attention from each team.
“Currently, Cheonan striker Kang Dae-ho and Ulsan left wing Lee Hae-il are locked in a fierce competition for the scoring title!”
Kang Dae-ho, who has emerged as a special rookie and monster striker.
2012 season scoring leader, Hae-il Lee.
Kang Dae-ho and Lee Hae-il both showed amazing finishing ability with 12 and 10 goals, respectively.
“This match will probably be a battle between spear and shield. Doesn’t Taesan Cheonan play counterattacking football with a strong pressuring defense? On the other hand, Ulsan boasts an extremely strong attack.”
“Yes. But you can’t say that Cheonan is a shield. Look at the performance they showed in the recent match against Incheon. Instead of slightly loosening their pressure defense, they launched a barrage of attacks and shook Incheon’s goal net.”
As the match between the two teams received so much attention from the public, each channel even made special arrangements to analyze the strengths of Cheonan and Ulsan.
And the most popular corner among them was this one.
“Ahead of the strong team Ulsan, we have prepared an interview with Coach Cha Seong-eun, who is currently enjoying immense popularity in the K-League, to find out what he is thinking!”
Interview with Cha Seong-eun.
Or, Cha Seong-eun, who has been enjoying unprecedented popularity since coach Hiddink in 2002, has been broadcasting videos of himself coaching players.
“Haha. That guy really looks like someone. He’s very handsome.”
Chairman Cha, who watches broadcasts without fail whenever his youngest son appears, burst into laughter. If he misses a broadcast due to work, he is meticulous enough to find the recording and watch it again.
“As expected, the youngest son looks just like the chairman.”
“Yes. Both a handsome face and accomplishments.”
The executives who had been trying to flatter the chairman without missing this opportunity were shocked when they saw Chairman Cha’s eldest son, Cha Jae-cheol, sitting right in front of them.
Cha Jae-cheol is the one who will inherit the Taesan Group in the future.
As Chairman Cha gets older, isn’t it true that Jae-cheol Cha is gradually taking over his duties?
In the meantime, the youngest son said that he resembled Chairman Cha the most.
The executives were blaming themselves for wagging their tongues without thinking.
but,
“Haha! You know very well. Our youngest resembles our father the most. He is the most handsome of our brothers. And he is also very intelligent. I told you this last time, right? When our Seong-eun was under media attack from other groups… … .”
It seems that such worries were unfounded.
I forgot about it for a moment.
Just like Chairman Cha here, the first Cha Jae-cheol also dies when he is called the youngest brother.
So the executives had to listen to Cha Jae-cheol bragging about his youngest son for over an hour.
“So, how many of our employees are going this time?”
“Oh, yes. A total of 5,000 people. We were going to do more than that, but we thought there would be so many people that day that we would have taken away all the tickets and it would have been difficult.”
“okay?”
“Yes. And the tickets are already sold out. They say it’s the first ever sellout.”
Chairman Cha smiled with satisfaction.
Since becoming the owner of the club, I don’t think I’ve ever been this happy.
The day has come when all the tickets to Cheonan Stadium are sold out.
Maybe that’s why.
Chairman Cha wanted to enjoy this feeling of walking on the sky even more.
“Should we have a small event then?”
“Mr. Chairman. What kind of event is it…?”
“Please give a hamburger to everyone who comes to watch the game that day. I’ll pay for this out of my own pocket, so the company doesn’t have to pay for it.”
“Oh. That sounds like a very good idea.”
“If we actively use this for marketing, it will promote our franchise and also benefit those who visit the stadium. It’s killing two birds with one stone.”
The executives’ response was very good.
And in fact, this wasn’t Chairman Cha’s idea.
I just brought what the youngest accidentally spilled during the last meal.
‘If we deliver hamburgers to people who come to the stadium, it will definitely help our company’s marketing. And if my father buys them with his own money, wouldn’t people like them even more?’
It would be difficult to just focus on soccer, but he was also worried about the Taesan Group.
If you’re smart, you’re usually clever, but he was worrying about his family and company first.
‘I have to do well this time… … .’
Although he felt that he had made things worse by stepping in for no reason, Chairman Cha still trusted his youngest son.
Because he promised to give me the best birthday present ever.
* * *
“Forwards who are at the forefront can be broadly classified into three types: target attackers, penetrating attackers, and fake attackers.”
Today again, players and coaches gathered in the auditorium.
Perhaps now is the time when you need to focus more than training?
When I was in college, I would fall asleep as soon as I took a class, but strangely, when Cha Seong-i spoke, not only did I not fall asleep, but all the sleepiness I had left flew away.
“The target type is a player who has a superior physique than others and engages in constant physical battles with defenders and scores goals by receiving passes or crosses from teammates. So, if our team’s attacker is a target type, it is common to play the game with two top players as shown on the screen.”
The players looked at a formation with two top strikers up front.
This is a formation that Cheonan has never used before.
“Our Cheonan attackers are not target-type, so it is practically impossible to apply this formation. So what would suit our style? It is a formation optimized for penetrating attackers.”
Penetrating attacker.
The defense usually lines up in a straight line and sets an offside trap.
However, penetrating attackers are excellent at breaking lines and can break through defenses with their speed and physicality to score goals.
Just like Cheonan’s ace, Kang Dae-ho.
“Since the Seoul match, we have been using a 4-3-2-1 formation with penetrative striker Kang Dae-ho at the forefront. So what about Ulsan?”
Ulsan’s formation is 4-2-3-1.
It was a tactic that Cheonan used in the past.
“Ulsan has a center forward who is at the front line here who acts as a fake striker and draws defenders into his space. Then the attacking midfielder and both wings run to the empty space and score a goal. This is a typical fake striker tactic, and it is one that Cheonan has used a few times.”
However, Ulsan’s 4-2-3-1 tactic was a little different from the one used by Cheonan.
“It looks like 4-2-3-1 on the surface, but once the game starts, you can see the formation changing here and there. Take a closer look. You will be able to find it right away.”
The players who had been watching the screen for a while began to speak one by one.
“Huh? Really?”
“Something is subtly changing?”
The formation that had been maintained as 4-2-3-1 suddenly showed a twisted transformation, with the player on the left wing becoming a striker and the rest of the players having a build-up system that passes the ball towards the striker.
“This is how Ulsan attacks. They set up a 4-2-3-1 formation, and then suddenly change the formation with Hae-il Lee on the left wing as a striker, thereby catching the defense off guard. Of course, the reason this is possible is because of Hae-il Lee’s free role, which allows him to move freely between left and right.”
Hae-il Lee, who won the scoring title last year.
He’s showing even more frightening scoring ability than last season.
“Furthermore, like our player Kang Dae-ho, Lee Hae-il has fast feet. That’s why he can break the line smoothly. It is highly likely that our defense will show weakness to Lee Hae-il’s fast feet in this match.”
In addition, Cha Seong-eun explained Ulsan’s strengths one by one.
Their solid organizational skills and total soccer are the center of their team’s ability to move as one body, yet their balance does not break.
“To be blunt, Ulsan is better than us, especially in attacks with quick build-up.”
The more I listened to them, the more I couldn’t help but think they were a scary team.
When you start to wonder, “How on earth are we supposed to beat this team?”
“But that doesn’t mean I have any intention of simply letting Ulsan take away our 10-game winning streak.”
As always, Cha Seong-eun had a method they didn’t know about.
How to win right away.
“No team in the world is invincible. If there is a great tactic, there is bound to be a weakness. After all, soccer is a game where you have to give up something in order to achieve something.”
At those words, the players’ faces, which had darkened for a moment, gradually brightened.
Wasn’t it Cha Seong-eun who always used magical tactics against strong teams?
I had a feeling that he was going to try some new magic this time.
“What we need to attack is the scene I just showed you in the video. The moment when they change their formation to one where Lee Hae-il is the top player. The timing when their formation becomes distorted will be our opportunity to attack.”
Cha Seong-eun can see through the screen exactly what Ulsan’s weaknesses are, where there are gaps, and who to target in some example situations.
Listeners just nodded their heads in a daze as they listened to Cha Seong-eun’s words, wondering how he found those weaknesses in the fleeting footage of Ulsan’s play.
“That’s it. I will discuss more detailed tactics in a personal interview.”
After finishing the briefing, Cha Seong-eun, as always, put on his suit neatly and left the auditorium alone.
And the coaches and players who were left behind blinked and stared at the screen.
“So… … if Ulsan starts building up here, then we can attack the left side?”
“Ugh. I guess I’ll have to watch the recorded lecture again.”
“I have to work overtime again today.”
“How on earth did the director figure all this out? How many times did he watch the footage?”
The coaches were groaning in pain, but their faces were strangely smiling.
It was always fun for them to learn new tactics and figure out how to undermine them.
“It’s because Ulsan changed their formation like that when they attacked that the defenses were able to break through.”
“I just thought it was because the players were fast.”
“As expected… … soccer is a real battle of tactics.”
“It’s amazing that our director sees through all of that.”
The players once again learned the hard way that soccer is a thoroughly tactical game.
In addition, Cha Seong-eun always finds strengths and weaknesses there and attacks them.
That magical tactical ability always teaches players something new.
and,
“I think we can win this time too, if we just do as the coach says.”
“At first, I wondered if we could really stop them, but when I listened to the coach, it strangely felt like we won against any team that came.”
It was also Cha Seong-eun who gave them the confidence that they could win.
“Ah… … . I should go and do some more additional training.”
“Ah! Me too!”
Athletes usually dislike doing separate training outside of training hours.
But the players in Cheonan were different.
Listening to Cha Seong-eun’s tactical explanations, I should say that it stimulates me to think that I need to constantly train and improve my skills in order to somehow fit in there.
“Hey! Let’s go together!”
Today too, they ran out of the auditorium and gathered in the training ground.
For a historic 10-game winning streak that may never happen again in their lives.
“Brother Daeho. Aren’t you going?”
“Ah. You guys go first. I’ll follow you later.”
But today, Kang Dae-ho’s expression was not good.
He usually had a smile on his face, but today he didn’t look in good condition, so the players were cautious.
“Brother. Are you okay?”
“Yeah. Of course it’s okay.”
“Then I’ll go first.”
Kang Dae-ho smiled and sent the players away, then sat alone in the auditorium, holding his ankle.
String-.
“… … .”
He frowned at the pain that was slowly rising.